Greetings from the mighty MCMK Venturers! There have been some major changes with Venturers this year, and our Unit has been evolving rapidly over the last few months! Our numbers are in continual flux, but that’s part of the territory with the Venturer age group. However, there has been a major change of events with Chris “Spesh” Whitfield and Gary “Gator” Binskin coming on board to steer the Venturer Unit into a new era. Just like a punt up uncharted waters!
Belinda Binskin and Matthew Urmenyhazi have been at the helm for some time now, but Gary Binksin’s enthusiasm and skills is a tremendous benefit to all in our Unit. Just a few days ago, we made delicious pizza out of an oven made from a beer keg – whilst Belinda kept a watchful and helpful eye over the chocolate fondue!
Of course the big news for us is that we have our own hall now! We’ve officially cut the umbilical cord from the Berowra Unit and we are on our own! The Berowra Unit has been a great support over the years, and without them and the use of their hall, we wouldn’t have our Unit. However, we are on our own feet now, and are all enjoying a type of newfound freedom – and no more possum poo in the hall!
Another of the big changes has been changing our meeting nights, from Wednesday and Fridays, to now Monday nights. This change has been FANTASTIC!! (Thanks Gator!) as all Venturers can now participate throughout the year!!
Our numbers have declined a bit in recent months due to age, friendships with other Units etc. However, we have had a very full program since the last AGM. You can see most of our activities on the mcmkscoutgroup.org.au website, which we keep updated regularly, or on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/mcmkvents. Here, though, are just a few of the activities that we’ve participated in since our last AGM. We have been VERY busy over the last 5 months or so…
• Ventout (3 days of camping with Scouts)
• Snorkelling
• Deep Pass Christmas Camp
• Tie Dye Night
• Roventure (3 days of camping with Rovers)
• Visit to a Thai Buddhist Monastery
• Debating night
• Outdoor cooking
• Bush tucker weekend
We also recently had a very successful soap swap night. Check out the website and read about how we turned a bar of soap into a giant flat screen TV – in fifteen minutes!
Other news… on a personal note, I’ve decided to hand over the steering of the Unit to Gary. Time for me to focus on other projects! Although I won’t be gone completely, I’ll be hanging around on most nights like a bad smell! Once a scout leader, always a scout leader!
MCMK Venturers is back on course! Belinda, Gary, Spesh and to a lesser part myself are now full-swing into a new term and term plan! Our Venturers are very motivated and enthusiastic, and it looks like we’ll have some Scouts coming up soon! It also looks like we may have some Queen Scout candidates too!
Cheers,
Mazi (Matthew Urmenyhazi)
1st Mt Colah / Mt Kuring-gai Scout Group 